From: [email protected] (Julie P Wilks)These are the (easy) chords for Free Man in Paris (Joni's version anyway).Free Man in Paris=================Words and Music by Joni MitchellA DThe way I see it he said, you just can't win it,C GEverybody's in it for their own gain; you can't please 'em all,F AThere's always somebody putting you down,DI do my best and I do good business,CThere's a lot of people asking for my time,GThey're tryin' to get ahead;F Athey're tryin' to be a good friend of mine,ChorusFI was a free man in Paris,GI felt unfettered and alive,C Asus4There was nobody callin' me up for favoursAand no-ones future to decide,FYou know I'd go back there tomorrowG Cbut for the work I've taken on,Asus4 D Astokin' the star maker machinary behind the popular songs.Instrumental bit ... (mix it about a bit!)Em9 A Em9 A Em9 AC D F C D G A C D F C D G AVerse 2:A DI deal in dreamers and telephone screamers,C GLately I wonder what I do it for; if I had my way,F AI'd just walk through those doors, and wan-der,Ddown the Champs Elysees;Cgoing cafe to cabaret, thinkingGhow I'd feel when I find,F Athat very good friend of mineChorus:End instrumental bit ...A C D F C D G AFrom: [email protected] (Howard Wright \(Hman\))Free Man in Paris - Joni Mitchell----------------------------------------tabbed by Howard Wright[email protected]Tuning : open DFrom low to high that is - D A D F# A DSo you can leave your A and D strings - all the others go down eithera semitone or a tone.NOTE: For the verse and chorus I'll just put down the chord shapes onceeach time the chord changes. Check out the record for details on strummingIntro-----D----5---7---10---10-10-10-10------10--0----5--0----7---7-7-7-7--A----7---9---12---12-12-12-12------10--0----5--0----7---7-7-7-7--F#---6---8---11---11-11-11-11------10--0----5--0----7---7-7-7-7--D----5---7---10---10-10-10-10------10--0----5--0----7---7-7-7-7--A----------------------------------10--0----5--0----7---7-7-7-7--D----------------------------------10--0----5--0----7---7-7-7-7--D---5---7---10---10-10-10-10-----10--0----5--0----7---7-7---7-7---7-7--A---7---9---12---12-12-12-12-----10--0----5--0----7---7-7---7-7---7-7-F#--6---8---11---11-11-11-11-----10--0----5--0----7---7-7---7-7---7-7---D---5---7---10---10-10-10-10-----10--0----5--0----7---7-7---7-7---7-7-A--------------------------------10--0----5--0----7---7-7---7-7---7-7--D--------------------------------10--0----5--0----7---7-7---7-7---7-7--Carry on strumming that chord at the seventh fret for a few bars.....Verse 1-------D----------7--------------------------------7-------------------A----------7--------------------------------7-------------------F#---------7--------------------------------8--------------------D----------7--------------------------------7-------------------A----------7--------------------------------9-------------------D----------7--------------------------------7-------------------'The way I see it' he said 'you just can't win it, everybody'sD----5----------------------------------------------5-----------A----5----------------------------------------------5-----------F#---6----------------------------------------------5------------D----5----------------------------------------------5-----------A----7----------------------------------------------5-----------D----5----------------------------------------------5-----------in it for their own gain you can't please them all there's alwaysD----5-----------------------7-----------------------------7-----A----5-----------------------7-----------------------------7-----F#---6-----------------------7-----------------------------8------D----5-----------------------7-----------------------------7-----A----7-----------------------7-----------------------------9-----D----5-----------------------7-----------------------------7-----somebody shooting you down. I do my best and I do good businessD---------------------------5-------------------------------5---A---------------------------5-------------------------------5---F#--------------------------6-------------------------------5----D---------------------------5-------------------------------5---A---------------------------7-------------------------------5---D---------------------------5-------------------------------5---there's a lot of people asking for my time trying to get aheadD-------------10-----------------7--------7--7--7--7-----------------A-------------12-----------------7--------7--7--7--7-----------------F#------------11-----------------7--------8--7--8--7------------------D-------------10-----------------7--------7--7--7--7-----------------A--------------------------------7--------9--7--9--7---------------D--------------------------------7--------7--7--7--7---------------trying to be a good friend of mineChorus------D--------3-------------------------5-----------------5-----------A--------3-------------------------5-----------------5-----------F#-------3-------------------------5-----------------6------------D--------3-------------------------5-----------------5-----------A--------3-------------------------5-----------------7-----------D--------3-------------------------5-----------------5-----------I was a free man in paris I felt unfettered and alive there wasD---------7------------------7-------------------5------------7--A---------7------------------7-------------------5------------7--F#--------7------------------8-------------------5------------7---D---------7------------------7-------------------5------------7--A---------7------------------9-------------------0------------7--D---------7------------------7--------------------------------7--nobody calling me up for favours and noone's future to decideD-------------3----------------------------------5--------------5--A-------------3----------------------------------5--------------5--F#------------3----------------------------------5--------------6--D-------------3----------------------------------5--------------5--A-------------3----------------------------------5--------------7--D-------------3----------------------------------5--------------5--you know I'd go back there tomorrow but for the work I've taken onD---------------7-------------7-----------------5-----------7---A---------------7-------------7-----------------5-----------7---F#--------------7-------------8-----------------5-----------7----D---------------7-------------7-----------------5-----------7-----A---------------7-------------9-----------------0-----------7-----D---------------7-------------7-----------------------------7----stoking the star-maker machinery behind the popular songD--------4-------4---------7-----7-7--7-7------A--------5-------5---------7-----7-7--7-7------F#---5---5---5---5---5-----7-----8p7--8p7------D----5---5---5---5---5-----7-----7-7--7-7------A----0---0---0---0---0-----7-----9p7--9p7------D--------------------------7-----7-7--7-7------Repeat this last line once(p=pull off)Then play the intro again, and into the second verseVerse 2--------I deal in dreamers and telephone screamerslately I wonder what I do it for, if I had my wayI'd just walk out the door and wanderDown the Champs ElyseesGoing cafe to cabaretWandering how I'd feel when I find that very good friend of mineChorus------repeat the last tab line of the chorus, as before, then go backto the intro bit.Play this four times, and that's it !Howard